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The Rotary Club of
Mount Eliza
Chartered 1971
 
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Mount Eliza
Service Above Self
Tuesdays at 6:00 PM
Toorak College
Mt Eliza
Mount Eliza, VIC 3930
Australia
Phone:
0418 319 101
Dinner Meeting at Toorak College & Zoom Meeting Conference Number 82650442487
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Changeover Night
Jun 27, 2023
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
 
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President's Message - John Welsh

 
 
 
President’s report 23rd June, 2023
 

This is my last bulletin note as President. This year has gone extremely quickly, can’t believe how rapidly it has passed. It has been a great honor to serve. I thank everyone for their wonderful support and look forward to Carolyn’s year and the adventures ahead.
 
Wonderful to welcome Jimmy Lardner and Rose on Tuesday night. Good to hear of his time in Ireland and his take on poetry words and relationships. We all hope he has an enjoyable retirement and that he may become a member again of our club. Talking of poetry his talk of Ireland and poetry reminded me of this old Irish blessing, “
 
May the road rise to meet you,
may the wind be always at your back,
may the sun shine warm upon your face
and rains fall soft upon your fields
and until we meet again
may God hold you in the palm of his hand.
 
I look forward to seeing you next Tuesday for the changeover.
 
Regards
John
 
Stories
Stories
Many thanks to John Welsh for his year as President. 
He has been a lovely quiet achiever and a credit to the office.
All the very best John for a relaxing year to come and thank you from us all.
 
 
 
 
PLEASE NOTE AGAIN!!!!! 
If you don't send me your talks and information, I can't do the Bulletin.
Having to chase up contributors each week is time consuming and makes this Bulletin a last minute rush.
And PLEASE - the ONLY email address to send contributions to is 
 
susaneadam92@gmail.com
 
 
This week's Three Minute Speaker:  Judy Coultas
 
Judy gave us a terrific talk on the wonders of train travel, and I must admit I went to see the Australiana and Womens Weekly Exhibition at Bendigo Art Gallery yesterday and it cost $4.60 RETURN from Elsternwick Station.  Who'd bother driving!! Carriages were extremely clean and comfortable, staff were very helpful and friendly and all trains were absolutely on time, so I for one am hooked!!!
 
Judy has travelled many times around the world and to many out of the way countries.  She told us of her many experiences in these countries and wherever possible, she has travelled by train. She finds it far easier than the hassles of getting to airports, all the security checks and all the waiting around for planes that are so often delayed.  You're able to walk around, have a drink and something to eat comfortably and chat to the many other passengers on board.
 
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This Weeks Speaker
Guest Speaker: Jimmy Lardner
Jimmy gave us a lovely speech including some beautiful Irish poetry and spoke about the power of words.
 
Words are amazing. We can use them to charm others or as weapons to hurt.
 
Jimmy has spent 10 weeks in the last year in Ireland and wants to tell you about the best developments there for older people like us.
"The older folk in Ireland like us here in Mt Eliza have learnt to make the most of every day.
Can we learn from the mad Irish elders?  Jim covered 3 areas:
 
- Physical activity; and
- Poetry in Ireland and England; and
- The power of words as we age dis/gracefully.
 
Jimmy Lardner grew up in Ireland, married his sweetheart Rose in 1985 and migrated to the Mornington Peninsula where he has lived since then raising his family and enjoying the good life that Australia has to offer.
 
He was a member of the Rotary Club of Mt Eliza for 2 decades approximately in the nineties and recently until the pandemic.
He ran a legal practice in the Village for many years and is now a consultant to that practice.
           
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Club Meetings
Club Meetings
        
June 27th    Program    Changeover - Toorak College - please see below
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Brynton's Joke of the Week
Brynton's Joke of the Week
 
Fred was in the fertilized egg business. He had several hundred young pullets, and ten roosters to fertilize the eggs
He kept records, and any rooster not performing went into the soup pot and was replaced.
This took a lot of time, so he bought some tiny bells and attached them to his roosters.
Each bell had a different tone, so he could tell from a distance, which rooster was performing.
Now, he could sit on the porch and fill out an efficiency report by just listening to the bells.

Fred's favourite rooster, old Butch, was a very fine specimen, but this morning he noticed old Butch's bell hadn't rung at all!

When he went to investigate, he saw the other roosters were busy chasing pullets, bells- a-ringing, but the pullets, hearing the roosters coming, would run for cover.
To Fred's amazement, old Butch had his bell in his beak, so it couldn't ring. He'd sneak up on a pullet, do his job and walk on to the next one.
Fred was so proud of old Butch, he entered him in the City Show and he became an overnight sensation among the judges.

The result was the judges not only awarded old Butch the "No Bell Piece Prize," but they also awarded him the "Pulletsurprise" as well.
Clearly old Butch was a politician in the making.

Who else but a politician could figure out how to win two of the most coveted awards on our planet by being the best at sneaking up on the unsuspecting populace and screwing them when they weren't paying attention.

Vote carefully in the next election, you can't always hear the bells.
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Changeover Dinner
Changeover Dinner
 
ROTARY CLUB of MT ELIZA
 
 
        CHANGEOVER DINNER
 
 
 
You are invited to celebrate the induction of Carolyn Such
as the President of the Rotary Club by Mt Eliza for 2023/2024
 
 
              Tuesday 27th June, 2023
 
            6.30pm for 7.00pm
 
               Toorak College Dining Room
 
                    $55.00 per head. BYO Drinks
 
  
  2 course dinner, tea/coffee and complimentary drink and canapes on arrival  
  Vegetarian or gluten free meal option also available.
 
 
 
Bookings via Humanitix by Tuesday 20th June please
                    https://events.humanitix.com/change-over-2023
                    place cursor in link, right click, select ‘open hyperlink’
 
 
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